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It came out in 2002 and the only feature of note is that Vincent D'Onofrio plays Professor Moriarty. D'onofrio, of course, plays Detective Goren on Law & Order: Criminal Intent who is based on Sherlock Holmes.
This movie suffers from the worst kind of adaptation; taking the names and some traits but betraying the heart and soul of the source material. James D'arcy is terrible as Sherlock Holmes.
This Made-for-TV movie is available on Netflix and features a 20-something year old Holmes who kills Moriarty in the first 10 minutes. Since the police have been searching for the Professor for sometime this makes Sherlock a celebrity (newspaper headline: Sherlock Holmes Kills Professor Moriarty) and his fledgling detective agency gets a boost.
Ugh. Anyway, this movie is terrible.
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ReplyDeleteI can understand that someone who is a hard core fan of Sherlock Holmes might dislike this film, but this movie is not as bad as you make out. This is not a traditional Sherlock Holmes movie; it’s a version of the characters who via a bit of artistic license by Conan Doyle are fictionalized in the Strand Magazine. To become the heroes Holmes and Watson.
ReplyDeleteBut the reality of these men is not as glamorous as Doyles written accounts.
Professor Moriarty is killed in the first 10 minutes, but he returns because its a cunning trick, (the fact that you didn't mention it, kind of makes me think that you didn't watch it all the way through).
I thought Vincent D'onofrio's take on Professor Moriarty was great especially casting him as the worlds first true Drug Lord was interesting. In addition, the way he uses drugs to achieve his evil ends is chilling.
As I said this is not a Sherlock Holmes movie in the traditional sense; it does not paint him in a very good light, but if you suspend your preconceptions of what these characters are supposed to be like this is a quite reasonable film.